Police forces could face legal action unless they even out their stop-and-search procedure

Monday, 15 March 2010
5:01 PM

By politics.co.uk staff

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is threatening legal action against police forces which disproportionately target blacks and Asians in stop-and-search procedures, even as it is put on the back foot by a fiercely critical parliamentary report.

The report, published today by the joint committee on human rights, voiced serious concerns about Trevor Phillip's leadership and criticised the decision to force through his reappointment.